PITTSBURGH — After months of storylines centered around what could be considered the most important election ever, Election Day is finally here.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in the polls heading into Election Day, with the final national NBC News poll indicating they are tied at 49% of the vote.
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The latest Emerson College poll shows Trump leading Harris in the Keystone State by one point, but that’s within the margin of error, meaning it’s a toss-up. Pennsylvania is a major swing state that both candidates have worked to appeal to this election.
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Harris and Trump both made stops in Pittsburgh the day before Election Day, with the Republican speaking at PPG Paints Arena and the Democrat speaking at the Carrie Blast Furnaces near Swissvale.
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See the latest updates below on all of the races on a local and national level.
Update 11/5 10:16 a.m.
The line at a Pleasant Hills polling place could be seen wrapped around the block.
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Update 11/5 9:45 a.m.
Several polling places around the Pittsburgh region are seeing a massive turnout Election Day morning. For a look around the area, click below.
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Update 11/5 9:25 a.m.
Allegheny County released another update, saying that the mail in dashboard is currently updated through Sunday’s returns.
Below is the full update:
The mail in dashboard is currently updated through Sunday’s returns. Mail-In Ballot Dashboard - Allegheny County, PA. It will update again later today to reflect ballots received yesterday. Mail in ballots can be returned to the County Office Building until 8:00 PM ET tonight.
County employees have inspected the outer envelopes of all of the mail in ballots in the warehouse, and as of 9:15 am approximately 100,000 outer envelopes have been opened. After outer envelopes are opened, employees remove the inner (or secrecy) envelopes from the outer envelopes. Then the inner envelopes will be opened and county employees will remove the ballots from the inner envelopes.
As a reminder, military and overseas mail-in ballots will be accepted for another week. For Allegheny County, 3,788 overseas were sent and 2,165 have been returned; 521 military were sent and 268 returned.
Update 11/5 8:58 a.m.
NBC affiliate WJAC reports widespread voting issues across Cambria County.
WJAC said voters reported voting machine are unable to scan ballots.
Some precincts are reportedly putting cast paper ballots in lock boxes to be scanned at a later time, WJAC reports. Some precincts are reportedly telling voters to return later in the day once the machines are fixed.
Some voting machine issues are being reported in Bedford County, officials there saying they are working on fixing the machines, but are keeping cast ballots in a lock box until they can be tabulated, according to WJAC.
Update 11/5 8:22 a.m.
Allegheny County officials said there was a delay at polling places Tuesday morning.
Below is the full update:
We had a delay at Whitehall-03. The judge of elections was late, they have arrived and the site is open and running now.
Pittsburgh 31-03 (Lincoln Place) the judge of elections did not come to the polling place this morning. The sheriff is retrieving the poll book from the judge of elections and will take it to the polling place, Lincoln Place Presbyterian Church. There are poll workers in place so upon arrival of the polling book, the site will open as normal. People are able to vote provisionally at this location now.
Update 11/5 8:20 a.m.
Voter could be seen lining up outside of a polling place in Plum.
Update 11/5 8 a.m.
Our Washington D.C. Bureau is in the country’s capital tracking national races, including the bid for president.
Kirstin Garris says we likely won’t know who will become president tonight. This doesn’t mean something is wrong, just that votes are still being counted.
Update 11/5 7:35 a.m.
Voters turned up early in polling places around Western Pennsylvania.
A photo shows a line outside of a polling place in Aleppo Township.
Voters reported getting in and out of the polling place at Parkwood Presbyterian Church in Hampton Township in less than 20 minutes.
A long line was found at a polling place in Pleasant Hills.
Update 11/5 7:05 a.m.
Allegheny County officials released their first update of Election Day:
As of 7 a.m., all 1327 precincts in Allegheny County are open for Election Day. Over 200 county workers have sworn in at the warehouse and beginning the process of pre-canvassing the more than 215,000 mail in ballots that have already been returned. Voters can continue to hand in mail in ballots at the County Office Building until 8:00 p.m., and USPS will continue to deliver ballots to the warehouse throughout the day.
Update 11/5 7 a.m.
Polls are officially open in Pennsylvania. Click here to find your polling place.
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